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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 26

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 26:29

In 4 translations

KJV
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.
WEB
It is difficult for a merchant to keep himself from wrong doing, and for a retailer to be acquitted of sin.
DRC26:28
Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips.
LXXE
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Μόλις ἐξελεῖται ἔμπορος ἀπὸ πλημμελείας, καὶ οὐ δικαιωθήσεται κάπηλος ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 26:28 in some Bibles
  • 26:29 in most Bibles

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